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   Moons of Pluto. The dwarf planet Pluto has five natural satellites. [1] In order of distance from Pluto, they are Charon, Styx, Nix, Kerberos, and Hydra. [2] Charon, the largest, is mutually tidally locked with Pluto, and is massive enough that Pluto and Charon are sometimes considered a binary dwarf planet.

2. science.nasa.gov › dwarf-planets › plutoPluto Moons: Facts - NASA Science

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   Jun 28, 2011 · Pluto's moons are named for characters associated with the underworld of Greek and Roman mythology. Charon is Pluto's largest moon. It was discovered in June 1978. Pluto's moons Nix and Hydra were discovered in June 2005. Kerberos was discovered on June 28, 2011, by astronomers using Hubble Space Telescope. The Hubble Space Telescope also found ...

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   How many moons does Pluto have?

   • Pluto has five known moons. The largest, Charon, is half the size of Pluto. Charon’s period of revolution is exactly equal to the rotation period of Pluto itself; in other words, Charon is in synchronous orbit around Pluto. As a result, Charon is visible from only one hemisphere of Pluto.

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   What is the largest moon on Pluto?

   • The largest, Charon, is displayed along the bottom. Pluto's moon system – Charon, Nix, Hydra, Styx, and Kerberos – is believed to have formed after a collision between Pluto, and another Kuiper Belt Object early in the history of the solar system. The smashup flung material that coalesced into the family of satellites observed around Pluto.

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   What are the orbital periods of Pluto and its moons?

   • Pluto and three of its moons—Charon, Nix, and Hydra—as observed by the Hubble Space Telescope. (more) For every orbit completed by Charon, Hydra completes about one-sixth of an orbit, Kerberos about one-fifth, Nix about one-fourth, and Styx one-third. This means that the orbital periods of Hydra, Kerberos, Nix, and Styx are in a 6:5:4:3 ratio.

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   How many satellites does Pluto have?

   • The dwarf planet Pluto has five natural satellites. In order of distance from Pluto, they are Charon, Styx, Nix, Kerberos, and Hydra. Charon, the largest, is mutually tidally locked with Pluto, and is massive enough that Pluto and Charon are sometimes considered a binary dwarf planet.

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   The other moons were all discovered in the 21st century using the Hubble Space Telescope. The moons are named after characters in Greek mythology that are associated with the underworld. The moons are listed in order of their distance from Pluto, with the year of their discovery, orbital period in days, and diameter in kilometers.

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   Pluto - Charon, Nix, Hydra: Pluto possesses five known moons. Charon, by far the largest, is fully half the size of Pluto. It revolves around Pluto—more accurately, the two bodies revolve around a common centre of mass—at a distance of about 19,640 km (12,200 miles), equal to about eight Pluto diameters. (By contrast, Earth’s Moon is a little more than one-fourth the size of Earth and is ...

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   Pluto Moons News & Articles ... 4 Min Read. 45 Years Ago: Astronomers Discover Pluto’s Moon Charon. Article. ... Pluto Features Given First Official Names. Multimedia

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   Pluto has five moons. Its largest moon, Charon, is about half the size of Pluto, making it the largest known moon relative to its parent planet in our solar system. Pluto's other moons are: Nix, Hydra, Kerberos, and Styx.

9. solarsystem.nasa.gov › planets › dwarf-planetsIn Depth | Pluto – NASA Solar System Exploration

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   Pluto's other four moons are much smaller, less than 100 miles (160 kilometers) wide. They're also irregularly shaped, not spherical like Charon. Unlike many other moons in the solar system, these moons are not tidally locked to Pluto. They all spin and don’t keep the same face towards Pluto. Rings. Rings. There are no known rings around ...